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The books listed here have been chosen for their literary merit and appeal to young adult readers. However, each parent must review his/her child's reading selections to ensure the material meets his/her personal standard(s).
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A Child Called It; Lost Boy; A Man Called Dave -- Pelzer, David Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel -- Hoffman, Banesh All Creatures Great and Small -- Herriot, James Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. -- Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez Angela's Ashes -- McCourt, Frank Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie -- Carnegies, Andrew Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- Franklin, Benjamin Autobiography of Malcolm X, The -- Malcolm X (with Alex Haley) Bell Jar, The -- Plath, Sylvia Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth -- Wright, Richard Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, The -- McBride, James Coming of Age in Mississippi -- Moody, Ann Dear America: Letter Home from Vietnam -- Edelman, Bernard (ed) East to the Dawn (Ameila Earhart) -- Butler, Susan Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 1: 1884 - 1933 -- Cook, Blanche Wiesen For The Love of the Game -- Jordan, Michael Growing Up -- Baker, Russell House of Houses -- Mora, Pat Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography -- Rodriguez, Richard I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Angelou, Maya Ice Bound -- Nielsen, Dr. Jerri Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa -- Mathabane, Mark Liars' club: A Memoir, The -- Karr, Mary Life is So Good -- Watson, George My Brother -- Kincaid, Jamaica Napoleon -- Ludwig, Emil Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself -- Douglass, Frederick Nicholas and Alexandra -- Massie, Robert K. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution -- Jiang, Ji-li Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865 - 1992 -- Khanga, Yelena Sound-Shadows of the New World -- Mehta, Ved Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend -- Robertson, James I. Truman -- McCullough, David G. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West -- Ambrose, Stephen E.
FICTION 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea -- Verne, Jules A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, and A Thanksgiving Visitor -- Capote, Truman A Lesson Before Dying -- Gaines, Ernest A Tree Grows In Brooklyn -- Smith, Betty Alas, Babylon -- Frank, Pat And Then There Were None -- Christie, Agatha Andromeda Strain, The -- Crichton, Michael Animal Farm -- Orwell, George Anne of Green Gables -- Montgomery, Lucy April Morning -- Fast, Howard As I Lay Dying -- Faulkner, William Atlas Shrugged -- Rand, Ayn Babbitt -- Lewis, Sinclair Brave New World -- Huxley, Aldous Caves of Steel -- Azimov, Isaac Chosen, The -- Potok, Chaim Cimarron -- Ferber, Edna Client, The -- Grisham, John Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A -- Twain, Mark Cress Delahanty -- West, Jessamyn Cross Creek -- Rawlings, Marjorie K. Cujo -- King, Steven Death Comes for the Archbishop -- Cather, Willa Divine Comedy -- Alighierl, Dante Ender's Game -- Card, Orson Scott Escape to Freedom -- Davis, Ossie Fifth Chinese Daughter -- Wong, Jade Snow Firestarter -- King, Steven Flowers for Algernon -- Keyes, Daniel For Love of the Game -- Shaara, Michael Gulag Archipelago, The -- Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad -- Petry, Ann Lane Harry Potter Series -- Rowlings, J.K. History of Tom Jones, The -- Fielding, Henry Hobbit, The -- Tolkien Holes -- Sachar, Louis I Am the Cheese -- Cormier, Robert I Never Promised You a Rose Garden -- Green, Hannah Icy Sparks -- Rubio, Gwyn Hyman In Country -- Mason, Bobbi Ann Into The Wild -- Krakauer, Jon Intruder in the Dust -- Faulkner, William Jesse -- Soto, Gary Johnathan Livingston Seagull -- Bach, Richard Jurassic Park -- Crichton, Michael Killer Angels -- Shaara, Michael Last of the Mohicans, The -- Cooper, James Fenmore Lonesome Dove -- McMurtry, Larry Lost World -- Crichton, Michael Macho - Victor Villasenor -- Villasenor, Victor Magician of Lublin -- Singer, Issaac B. Man and Superman -- Shaw, George Bernard Man in the Iron Mask -- Dumas, Alexandre Mists of Avalon -- Bradley, Marion Zimmer Monkey Wrench Gang -- Abbey, Edward Oliver Twist -- Dickens, Charles On Golden Pond -- Thompson, Ernest On the Beach -- Shute, Nevil Picture of Dorian Gray -- Wilde, Oscar Pilot's Wife, The -- Shreve, Anita Rabbit, Run -- Updike, John Ragtime -- Doctorow, E.L. Rats -- Zindel, Paul Rebecca -- Du Maurier, Daphne Red Storm Rising -- Clancy, Tom Resistance -- Shreve, Anita Shoeless Joe -- Kinsella, W.P. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The -- Stevenson, Robert Louis Tale of Two Cities, A -- Dickens, Charles Thief of Time, The -- Hillerman, Tony Three Musketeers, The -- Dumas, Alexandre Time Machine, The -- Wells, HG Treasure Island -- Stevenson, Robert Louis U.S.A. (trilogy) -- Dos Passos, John Walk to Remember -- Sparks, Nicholas Where The Heart Is -- Letts, Billie
NON-FICTION A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes -- Hawking, Stephen A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam -- Sheehan, Neil All The Presidents Men -- Woodward, Bob American Democrat, The -- Cooper, James Fenmore Art of War, The -- Tzu, Sun Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The -- Gaines, Ernest J. Black Like Me -- Griffin, John Howard Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion, The -- Blackstone Jr., Harry Born Free -- Adamson, Joy Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -- Brown, Dee Chicken Soup for the Soul Series -- Canfield, Jack Climb, The -- Boukreev, Anatoli Cosmos -- Sagan, Carl Das Capital -- Marx, Karl Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire -- Gibbon, Edward Democracy in America -- de Tocqueville, Alex Desert Solitare -- Abbey, Edward Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series -- Asinof, Eliot Executioner's Song, The -- Mailer, Norman Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965 -- Williams, Juan Hiding Place, The -- Ten Boom, Cory Hot Zone, The -- Preston, Richard How to Win Friends and Influence People -- Carnegie, Dale I Will Fight No More Forever -- Chief Joseph In Cold Blood -- Capote, Truman In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle -- Blais, Madeleine Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster -- Krakauer, Jon Living Planet, The -- Attenborough, David Mutiny on Board the HMS Bounty -- Bligh, Capt. William Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up With Diabetes -- Andie Dominick Night to Remember, A -- Lord, Walter No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court -- Humes, Ed Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self -- Shandler, Sara Origin of the Species, The -- Darwin, Charles Other side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death and America's Dilemma, The -- Kotlowitz, Alex Paper Lion -- Plimpton, George Perfect Storm, The -- Junger, Sebastian Prince, The -- Machiavelli, Niccolo Profiles in Courage -- Kennedy, John Search for King Arthur, The -- Day, David Shadow -- Woodward, Bob She Said Yes -- Bernall, Misty Shindler's List -- Keneally, Thomas South -- Shackleton, Ernest Summer of 49 -- Halberstam, David T. Rex and the Crater of Doom -- Alvarez, Walter Thomas Jefferson & His Times -- Malone, Dumas Tuesday's With Morrie -- Albom, Mitch Two Years Before the Mast -- Dana, Richard Henry Up From Liberalism -- Buckley, Jr., William, F Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control -- Regis, Ed Voices of Aids: Twelve Unforgettable People Talk About How AIDS Has Changed Their Lives, The -- Ford, Michael Thomas
FOR RELUCTANT READERS Bud, Not Buddy -- Curtis, Christopher Paul Burning Up -- Cooney, Caroline Edgar Allen -- Neufeld, John Ella Enchanted -- Levin, Gail Carson Giver, The -- Lowry, Lois Hatchet -- Paulsen, Gary Hush Little Baby -- Cooney, Caroline I Know What You Did Last Summer -- Duncan, Lois Night John -- Paulsen, Gary Westing Game, The -- Raskin, Ellen
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